Miss Crane Festival Allison Tietjen of Chester was named the first runner-up. Allison also won the preliminary fitness award, The Miss Nebraska Community Service Award, the Miss America Community Service Award, and she received thousands of dollars in scholarships at the Miss Nebraska pageant. She is a student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and an advocate for Nebraska veterans. Click here to learn more about Allison on Brandi's Blog: All-American Girl.

Miss Omaha Megan Gould, Miss Western Nebraska Chrissy Townsend and Miss Gering Kaylee Carlberg were also named Top 8 Semi-finalists. Each contestant, regardless of placement, received at least $1,000 in scholarship money.

Also crowned in North Platte was Miss Nebraska's Outstanding Teen 2015 Steffany Lien. Lien, who represented Douglas County, will go on to represent Nebraska at the Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant in Orlando, Florida in July. KETV's Brandi Petersen co-hosted Friday's competition, and was also presented the 2015 Miss Nebraska Volunteer of the Year Award.